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A BACKWARD LOOK
前景回顾
Now you have been introduced to Ali Baba, Morgiana, Aladdin, Robinson Crusoe, and Friday. Just think! it is hundreds of years since they were born into the pages of a story-book. Yet they are no older today than they were then. Ali Baba still finds the treasure cave, and Morgiana saves his life; Aladdin rubs the magic lamp and wins his beautiful princess; Robinson Crusoe still builds his raft, saves Friday, and is rescued from the island.
现在，本书已经向你介绍了阿里巴巴、莫吉安娜、阿拉丁、鲁滨逊·克鲁索和星期五。想想看！从他们自故事书的书页上诞生起，已经有几百年了。然而，相较于那个时候的他们，今天的他们没有变老。阿里巴巴还是在寻找藏宝洞，莫吉安娜救了他的命；阿拉丁摩擦着神灯，赢得了美丽的公主；鲁滨逊·克鲁索仍在建造木筏，挽救星期五，并从岛上获救。
You are now one of the great family of boys and girls all over the world who know these famous people. If you hear someone say, “John has been a real man Friday to me,” you will know exactly what is meant. If someone wishes that he had Aladdin’s lamp, you will not have to ask “What lamp?” and “Who is Aladdin?” You will probably catch yourself many times wishing that you could find a treasure cave like Ali Baba’s.
全世界有很多有男孩女孩的大家庭知道这些名人，而你是其中一员。如果你听见有人说，“约翰对我来说是个大丈夫，”你会知道这是什么意思。如果有人希望拥有阿拉丁神灯，你不会去问“什么灯？”，也不会问“阿拉丁是谁？”你可能会发现自己很多次都希望能找到一个像阿里巴巴拥有的那样的宝藏洞。
Which of these three stories did you like best? Why? Which was most exciting? Who was the cleverest person in the stories? Which one do you think might be a good inventor? Why? Which story sounded the most as if it had really happened?
你最喜欢这三个故事中的哪一个？为什么？哪个最令人兴奋？故事里最聪明的人是谁？你认为谁是一名好的发明家？为什么？哪个故事听起来最像是真的发生了？
As you go on with your reading in school, you will meet many famous story-book people. But there are so many that your school books cannot tell you about them all — about Sindbad the sailor, Gulliver the famous traveler, Ivanhoe the brave knight, Little Nell, Robin Hood, Rosalind, King Arthur, Eppie, and countless others. All through your life you can have many pleasant hours with interesting, kind, brave, and funny people who live for us all in the world of story-books.
当你在学校继续读书的时候，你会遇到很多故事书中的著名人物。但是你学校的课本不会告诉你所有的人物——关于天方夜谭，格列佛游记，勇敢的骑士伊万霍，小内尔，罗宾汉，罗莎琳德，亚瑟王，艾比，还有无数的其他人。在你的一生中，你可以和有趣、善良、勇敢、好笑的人在一起度过许多愉快的时光，他们都生活在故事书的世界里。
